Method of manufacturing felt articles.



F. SAGE.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FELT ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15 l9l5.

Patented (m. 17,1916.

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- FRANK SAGE, or

HASTINGS, MICHIGAN, Assrenon TO HASTINGS WOOL BOOT COMPANY; A coRronA'rIon or MICHIGAN.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FBI 4'1 ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedOct. 17, 1916.

Application filed February 15, 915. Serial Masai.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SAGE, a citizen i of the'United States, residing at Hastings,

' tion thereof having two separate layers, said layers being integrally united into a single ply in the remaining portion of the article.

My method is applicable to the manufacture of felt boots, and it is. for this that I intend to make the principal use of it, though I do not wish to limit myself to such by reason of the ingress of snow and water about the tops of the shoes, heretofore no.

one has succeeded in devising means for effectually overcoming this difliculty. By my method, I produce .a felted or felt boot -with an apron integral with the leg portion and dependent therefrom to overlap the top of the sho -capable of being buckled tightly about the same, thereby covering the opening between theboot proper and the top of the shoe. v A

This construction effectually prevents any ingress into the shoelof snow or water, 1n-

4 asmuch as any'which may strike the leg'of original method, more fully setforth in the the boot is deflected bythe apron over the case with the conventional article.

I accomplish my result by a new and.

' following specification and claims, and illus trated in the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, 'wherein-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a felt I boot constructed according to my method,

showing also a rubber shoe'in position thereon, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewof thesame. A

In the construction ofan articleaCcording tomy method, I first make a felted cone on a form by the usual process of felting the wool 01' flock. About the cone thus formed I apply a piece of non-felting material.

parts where but one layer is desired are left exposed. I next apply a second layer of'unfelted material, covering both the non-felting piece and the uncovered portion of the felted cone. ,The whole is again subjected to the felting process, the last stratum of wool being integrally felted into the portion of the cone not covered by the non-' felting cover, and forming a separated layer at the places where the two plies are divided by said cover. The strl cture as thus built up is removed from the form, and finished according to the usual practice by shrinking and drying on a form of the desired shape.

In the drawing 1 show a finished boot made by my method .and the mode of cooperation of the parts with' a rubber shoe or galosh. The original first ply of felt con stitutes the foot portion 3 of the finished boot, the apron or collar 4 consists of the second ply of felted wool where it was separated from the ply 3 by the non-felting stratum, and the leg portion 5 is formed of both the first and second layers 3 and 4 ,felted into an integral structure at that part ofthe original cone where no intermediate layer of non-felting material was placed.

' Inthe finished boot the exposed upper edge is bound "with fabric 6, the draw loops 7 are attached, the apron 4 is cut as. at 8,- and the buckles 9 are riveted in place to permit a tight fit over a rubber shoe 10.

A boot constructed as above described keeps the feet of the wearer dry and warm by preventing snow. and water coursing down the leg into the interior of the galosh.

- Inasmuch as the apron is joined integrally with the boot-leg, there is no unsightly the wearer, and the whole structure is not noticeably-more cumbersome than the ordiering said ply with a layer of non-felting material, superposing on said ply and nonfelting material a layer of unfelted material, felting said layer-so that the same is felted thickened lap-joint to cause discomfort to integrally with that part of said ply not covered by the non-felting material, and shaping and setting the Whole in the desired shape.

2. The method of manufacturing felt articles which consists in felting a ply of material on a suitable form, partially covering said ply with a layer of non-felting material, superposing on said ply and nonfelting material a layer of unfelted material, felting said layer so that the same is felted integrally with that part of said ply not covered by the non-felting material, shrinking the whole, and finally drying in the desired shape. a

The. method of manufacturing felt articles with an apron which consists in applying to a form a layerof felted materialanda layer of unfelted material partially separated by a layer of non-felting material, felting said unfelted layer integrally with said felted layer, said non-felting layer preventing union of those portions of said lay ers adjacent thereto, removing the felted of a single ply and an apron portion integrally joined to .the foot-and-leg portion consisting of a single ply, both the inner and outer surfaces of the two plies at the junction thereof being flush with one another.

Signed at Hastings, this 8 day of rem ary, 1915.

FRANK SAGE.

Witnesses A. A. ANDERsoN,

A. LAMBLE. 

